During photosynthesis,
atmospheric carbon sequestration goes on at the expense of formation and
accumulation of organic substance, and an inverse process (carbon emission in
the atmosphere) takes place during decomposition and oxidation of this organic
substance. On land, in non-swamp ecosystems, these processes are balanced as a
whole both under climax forms and interchange of: 1) periods of active
oxidation of organic substance under influence of disturbing factors (more
often, fires), and 2) periods of active formation of organic substance in the
process of regeneration successions.
Author: A.V. Volokitina, T.M.Sofronova, and M.A.Sofronov (volokit at ksc dot krasn dot ru)
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